A (BRUTALLY HONEST) BIO
If Paula defeated compulsive procrastination and got over her profound fear of failure, she’d be unstoppable. Both an aggressively assertive director and an existentially insecure writer, she’s stuck in a cycle of confidence and self-doubt that allows her to start projects with great enthusiasm but never to go beyond that first honeymoon phase. If she wasn’t so ambitious, perhaps the fear of not living up to what she wants to be wouldn’t stifle her creative impulses so much. That constant tugging is made worse by the “recent” radical life changes - graduating, leaving New York and living alone for the first time - that have granted her the space to spiral and overthink full time. But if it wasn’t for that minor performance anxiety and occasional depression, she’d totally be killing it right now! Paula is currently juggling seventeen different feature ideas; twenty-six shorts and innumerable other vague projects she thinks have the potential to be masterpieces if only she’d get past that terrible first draft. Instead, she escapes the discomfort of deception by repainting new corners of her apartment every week and saying yes to every favour asked by her friends and family. Although she hasn’t made a film in three years, she’s truly the best babysitter, dog walker, and unpaid graphic designer in the Mile Ex. Overeducated for the film jobs she could apply for right now, she also has zero experience in the workplace and hides behind her never-ending artisanal stop-motion film when people ask her the dreaded “so what are you working on right now?”. Once she completes it though, nothing will stand in her way. She expects production to wrap in one to eighteen months, give or take. Things are really happening for her right now.